Today is M�s birthday and we haven�t yet gotten her anything. It�s a good thing she enjoys books and that Luke works in a bookstore because that�s what she�s gettin�.

G fucking pissed me off yesterday. He had the gall to yell at me because there was no milk. C was the one to polish it off and not buy more, but I get yelled at it even after explaining? What the hell? I told him that had I noticed the milk being low, I�d have bought more when I went to the grocery store Sunday, but it�s not like I drink milk here. I usually take dry cereal to work with me and use the milk that�s there, thus avoiding draining the house milk supply. Yet, I get yelled at for it? M was actually nice about it and told me that it wasn�t my fault, that C or E should have done it. Score one for M for once.

In other news, the power went out yesterday for a couple of hours. We got hit with a nasty thunderstorm mid-afternoon and the wind was so strong that the rain was moving in horizontal sheets. Some loose tree limbs fell and the electricity blinked once while I was on the phone with Luke, but I didn�t expect it to go out entirely. I was down here reading the latest BUST magazine when they went. I figured they�d come on again shortly, but to no avail. Darkness crept in and I frantically ran about the house looking for both candles and things with which to light them. No sooner had I rustled them all up and gotten them lit than the power came back on. 15 minutes later M&G returned from their jaunt to Chicago with fucking taper candles � the one thing I had longed for most.